Another excellent podcast from our good friend Chris Smith. In this episode, we hear the testimony of some British credit union CEOs on the challenges they have faced in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. You can listen to the podcast here. These...

We are sad to say goodbye to Ed Mayo, who steps down from our Advisory Board on Friday. Ed is focusing on his new role as CEO at the charity Pilotlight. Ed has been a hugely valued friend to and supporter of CFCFE from its inception in 2017; he has been a member of...

We have now produced the second paper in our series on the response by credit unions to the COVID-19 pandemic, this time covering Irish credit unions. The paper can be viewed and downloaded here. (Last week CFCFE published a well-received report on the response of...

Open banking remains a hot topic for credit unions and commentators, and here are a couple of things worth paying attention to. First, The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE, the body responsible for setting standards and guidelines that drive competition and...

A fundamental principle of the credit union sector is ‘people helping people’. The COVID-19 health crisis, with its associated social lockdown and economic shocks, has presented operational and commercial challenges to credit unions that go way beyond previous...